24: Higher Ed Discrimination (with Gail Clements, Marnie Jo Petray, and Fabio Trecca)
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
English - March 31, 2021 04:37 - 1 hour - 98 MB - ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Education Language Learning language words linguistics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For many students, university opens up new frontiers of learning — and new ways to be marginalised for their language use. A new book explores the problem of linguistic discrimination in higher education, and how to work toward fixing it.
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